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As time passed and Part 2 began, the main male lead, Baek Gang-hyeok, was added to the forces opposing Cheon Sa-hyun. Fortunately, Baek Gang-hyeok’s combat power was not particularly high.

After all, his character setting was that of someone who had lived a decent and upright life in a peaceful home.

However, Cheon Sa-hyun was surrounded by enemies on all sides. It made one wonder if the author had originally wanted to write a tragedy.

Even without Baek Gang-hyeok stepping forward, there were plenty of people who tormented Cheon Sa-hyun.

Starting with those closest to him, there was Cheon Jae-min, who shared the same family register.

He was a man who lacked the ability and intellect of Cheon Sa-hyun, yet possessed an immense amount of greed.

Unable to live up to the “genius” in his name, he frequently lost mental battles and wars of nerves against Cheon Sa-hyun; nevertheless, he never gave up and kept lunging forward with a tenacity that was truly impressive.

Cheon Jae-min had only one goal. None other than the position of Cheon Sa-hyun, the true unauthorized copystyle="position:absolute;left:-9999px;font-size:0;">[Read on Read BL Novels]bloodline of the corporation.

And there was a force providing him with strength: Cheon Jae-min’s biological mother. From Cheon Sa-hyun’s perspective, she was his stepmother.

Cheon Jae-min was strictly an outsider who had received the Cheon surname upon entering the family.

After Cheon Sa-hyun’s biological mother died young, the director of the Cheonryung Group took a new wife, and through that process, the new wife’s biological child, Kim Jae-min, was entered into the Cheonryung Group’s family register as Cheon Jae-min.

The grandfather, the chairman of the corporation, was a man with a “tiger’s philosophy” of education. In short, he was the kind of person who would drop his cubs off a cliff.

He gave nothing easily to his own grandson, Cheon Sa-hyun. On the contrary, he welcomed Cheon Jae-min enthusiastically, claiming that Cheon Sa-hyun, an only child, now had a competitor.

In the beginning, he even pushed Cheon Jae-min forward, claiming he would raise him to a position equal to that of the other.

Naturally, this made Cheon Sa-hyun’s position precarious. Rumors began to spread that the chairman and director favored Cheon Jae-min.

That was why Cheon Sa-hyun was cast away to an overseas subsidiary. It was to see how unauthorized [visit our site]copyfar he could crawl back up.

Conversely, of the things Cheon Jae-min possessed, there was almost nothing he had earned himself. Most of it had been manufactured for him.

On the other hand, Cheon Sa-hyun had to create everything from scratch.

Ultimately, Cheon Sa-hyun managed to increase the company’s sales several times over in a wasteland without a single decent foundation, and eventually established himself to the point of re-exporting his business items back to Korea.

Only then was Cheon Sa-hyun granted permission to return home.

By that time, Cheon Jae-min had already secured the position of Executive Director at the Korean company. Cheon Sa-hyun’s position was Managing Director.

The friction between the two regarding company management and work methods was endless. The employees began to read the room and pick sides, and it was before a completely exhausted Cheon Sa-hyun that the oblivious Han Si-yeon appeared.

The female protagonist, who didn’t align herself with any side.

Furthermore, Han Si-yeon was quite capable. Although her rank was still Assistant Manager, her promotion speed was decent considering her age and years of experience, [visit our site[stolen content]style="position:absolute;left:-9999px;font-size:0;">[unauthorized copy]left:-9999px;">]and both her individual and team performance were commendable.

In particular, her performance evaluations among team members were exceptionally high.

According to rumors, she was a talent that even Cheon Jae-min coveted.

There was no reason for Cheon Sa-hyun not to approach her.

Yes, this was the story that had not appeared in the first half of the novel, which proceeded from the female protagonist’s point of view.

If Cheon Sa-hyun had been confirmed as the male lead, this story might have appeared in Part 2 or 3 as the male lead’s past narrative, but…

Unfortunately, Cheon Sa-hyun’s story never made it onto any page.

‘But why the hell am I the one who has to know this?’

Because he knew all these facts, Do Ye-jun [unauthorized [stolen content]copy]became unable to completely escape Cheon Sa-hyun’s shackles.

He even knew that Cheon Sa-hyun was steadily receiving various psychiatric treatments, from medication to hypnosis, to get rid of his obsessive-compulsive disorder, and that he had suffered from insomnia for nearly twenty years.

At this point, he was practically Cheon Sa-hyun’s secretary.

Ah, in fact, Cheon Sa-hyun kept a public secretary and a practical secretary separately, and even his family didn’t know about the existence of the practical secretary.

But Do Ye-jun knew. Moreover, they were in a relationship where they exchanged messages quite frequently.

‘So why on earth!’

He had tried so hard to pretend he didn’t know, to pretend he hadn’t heard…!

Now, he had crossed the river and gone far beyond it. At this point, he had no choice but to conclude that Cheon Sa-hyun had leaked the information on purpose. And that was the truth.

Cheon Sa-hyun did not want Do Ye-jun to slip through his fingers, and he crafted unauthorized copyRead on Read BL Novelsa snare in the most suitable way for Do Ye-jun.

He threw out baits—pieces of information that Do Ye-jun simply could not ignore or overlook.

Do Ye-jun had personally experienced what it meant to be swindled with one’s eyes wide open. To be precise, it wasn’t that his nose was cut off, but that it had been pierced with a ring.

Regardless, Do Ye-jun had only one goal.

To create a happy ending, safely exit this novel, and return to his original world.

And after three years, he successfully achieved the former condition.

That is, ‘creating a happy ending.’ Since time continues to flow, he couldn’t say for certain that right now was exactly the ‘happy ending,’ but considering this was a world inside a novel, this was definitely the ending divergence point. Therefore, it could be seen that Do Ye-jun had achieved a happy ending.

Usually, after the final villain is dealt with, the two protagonists film a sweet romance and wrap up with something like, ‘And so the princess and prince lived happily ever after~’

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It seemed the two were already widely rumored to be an official office couple. Thanks to that, Cheon Sa-hyun had suddenly become a tragic man heartbroken by love.

Perhaps because he looked like an angel on the outside, Cheon Sa-hyun seemed to garner a lot of pity from people.

Cheon Sa-hyun’s practical secretary relayed that there were people who occasionally offered him comfort, saying that a good person would eventually appear for him.

Naturally, upon hearing that, Do Ye-jun’s insides were completely flipped.

Unlike with Han Si-yeon, Cheon Sa-hyun kept Do Ye-jun hidden away. Everything from the fact that he was close to Do Ye-jun to the fact that they were meeting. All schedules or appointments related to Do Ye-jun were kept secret.

It was because he had realized early on that the moment he revealed his weakness or his jewel, it would no longer be entirely his.

Do Ye-jun didn’t know it, but Cheon Sa-hyun had prepared for their meetings much more seriously than expected.

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When asked, “Your expression has improved lately; has something good happened?” he had responded nonchalantly with a faint smile, “It’s the same as usual, does it look that way?”

This was because he did not want to show any vulnerability by bringing up personal matters.

“It’s done. It’s over!”

Do Ye-jun, who had placed a period at the end of the timeline in his notebook, shouted out of frustration. Next to the period, he had meticulously drawn two hearts.

This novel definitely should have ended here. Why? Because that’s the implicit rule and the social contract!

That’s how romance novels work!

Whether the remaining events happened or the two of them had children and lived happily for a hundred years, he didn’t care if that was put into a separate side story or not.

“What do I have to do for it to end… When are they going to send me back…”

Do Ye-jun clutched his head. Recently, his memories of the time he lived as Baek Yu-min were fading. And that fact doubled Do Ye-jun’s anxiety.

He couldn’t remember whose recommendation led him to start reading this novel, how old he was there, or what profession he had.

Do Ye-jun returned to the very first page of the notebook.

[I can’t believe it, but fuck… I think I’ve possessed a novel called <The Angel’s Mask Does Not Smile>.]

This was the first sentence he had written. After that, the storyline and characters were scribbled haphazardly along with curses.

At that time, Do Ye-jun had been so obsessed with the idea that he had to twist the novel somehow that he couldn’t pay attention to anything else.

Like a person running only to see the ending of the novel, he recorded the stories of the protagonists from whom he was excluded.

The notebook was filled entirely with talk about the novel. In the beginning, there were notes saying he missed [visit [unauthorized copy][Read on Read BL Novels]our site]his mom and dad, but as time went on, writings containing Baek Yu-min’s ego vanished.

It was a kind of struggle, containing the desperate hope of a stranger dropped into another world that the path he had entered was not a one-way street.

[Cheon Sa-hyun is a fucking crazy bastard. Let’s avoid getting involved if possible. But it seems it’s already too late. He’s not going to kill me, right?]

Looking at the note he had written two years ago, Do Ye-jun laughed hollowly.